The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has added to its Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). As the government stated in its official journal (Japanese only), the register of “Class I Specified Chemicals” now lists 515 chemicals, and the register of “Class II Specified Chemicals” now lists…
Japan wants to improve work safety when dealing with chemicals and is considering modifications of its Health and Safety Law. The measures being planned are based on a report, How to Manage Chemicals in the Workplace (in Japanese only), published by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW)…
As part of a new EU implementation project, REACH-EN-FORCE-11 (REF 11), national agencies will inspect submissions from 2023 onward to determine if companies have implemented the new requirements for safety data sheets (SDS) according to Regulation (EU) 2020/878. The ECHA reported on the project in a press release. Complete and regularly...
Since the start of the year, Regulation (EU) 2020/878 has been in effect, which modifies Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH). Annex II defines the requirements for the creation of an SDS. The changes affect the content and format of an SDS. The new Regulation has two principal...
Shortly before the start of the registration phase that begins in January 2021, the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MoEU) provided companies with a reworked version of the IT needed to register chemicals. The version is compatible with the IUCLID system that the ECHA runs. Initial experiences with the...
Industry representatives, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC), have criticized the draft guidance published in mid-August by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). As part of the period allowed for public comments, which ended on September 6, representatives of the ACC stated that the new requirements for registration…
At the beginning of May, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published the final version of its regulation on handling with new chemicals. The new MEE Order 12 (Chinese only) replaces MEP Order 7 and takes effect on January 1, 2021. The previous Order remains in force until then. The new...
The textile industry accounts for up to 10% of global environmental pollution, say researchers from Australia, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, and the United States in their article, The Environmental Price of Fast Fashion, published in the journal, “Nature Reviews Earth & Environment”, in April 2020. In their opinion, the extensive...
Mexico wants to place its chemicals policy on a solid foundation, as announced by the Mexican General Health Council (CSG) (Spanish only). According to the document, Mexico wants to establish national management of chemical substances based on a database of all the chemicals used in the country. Furthermore, manufacturers and importers should supply data in registration...
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) of the Malaysian Ministry for Human Resource has added 393 entries to the list of chemicals classified as hazardous and classified 40 chemicals according to the third revised edition of the GHS. The list is part of the Industry Code of Practice…
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